These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1980, per the Billboard 200.
Indicates best performing album of 1980 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
January 5 | On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II | Donna Summer | Casablanca | [1] |
January 12 | Bee Gees Greatest | Bee Gees | RSO | [2] |
January 19 | The Wall | Pink Floyd | Columbia | [3] |
January 26 | [4] | |||
February 2 | [5] | |||
February 9 | [6] | |||
February 16 | [7] | |||
February 23 | [8] | |||
March 1 | [9] | |||
March 8 | [10] | |||
March 15 | [11] | |||
March 22 | [12] | |||
March 29 | [13] | |||
April 5 | [14] | |||
April 12 | [15] | |||
April 19 | [16] | |||
April 26 | [17] | |||
May 3 | Against the Wind | Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | Capitol | [18] |
May 10 | [19] | |||
May 17 | [20] | |||
May 24 | [21] | |||
May 31 | [22] | |||
June 7 | [23] | |||
June 14 | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Columbia | [24] |
June 21 | [25] | |||
June 28 | [26] | |||
July 5 | [27] | |||
July 12 | [28] | |||
July 19 | [29] | |||
July 26 | Emotional Rescue | The Rolling Stones | Rolling Stones | [30] |
August 2 | [31] | |||
August 9 | [32] | |||
August 16 | [33] | |||
August 23 | [34] | |||
August 30 | [35] | |||
September 6 | [36] | |||
September 13 | Hold Out | Jackson Browne | Asylum | [37] |
September 20 | The Game | Queen | Elektra | [38] |
September 27 | [39] | |||
October 4 | [40] | |||
October 11 | [41] | |||
October 18 | [42] | |||
October 25 | Guilty | Barbra Streisand | Columbia | [43] |
November 1 | [44] | |||
November 8 | The River | Bruce Springsteen | Columbia | [45] |
November 15 | [46] | |||
November 22 | [47] | |||
November 29 | [48] | |||
December 6 | Guilty | Barbra Streisand | Columbia | [49] |
December 13 | Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits | Kenny Rogers | Liberty | [50] |
December 20 | [51] | |||
December 27 | Double Fantasy | John Lennon and Yoko Ono | Geffen | [52] |
The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its "number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 in May 1967, and acquired its present title in March 1992. Its previous names include the Billboard Top LPs (1961–1972), Billboard Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), Billboard Top 200 Albums (1984–1985), and Billboard Top Pop Albums (1985–1992).
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